Shifting seat for vehicles



(Modem '2 Sheets-#Shegt 1. R. PAWGETT. SHIFTING SEAT FOR VEHICLES.

No. 272,420. Patented Feb. 20-, 1883.

N- PUERS. Phobdjthognihor. Walhingion. n. C.

* U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD rawcnrtr, or SALEM, ()H-IO.

SHIFTING SEAT F O R VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters retentive. 272,420, dated Februar20, 1-883. Application filed May 26, 1882. Modem 10 all whom it mayconcern Be it known that I, RICHARD FAWGETT, a citizen of the UnitedStates-of America, residing at Salem, in the county of GolumbianaandState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful I mprovementsinVehicles and Ido hereby declare the following to bea full,clear, and exact descriptionof theinvention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Thisinvention relates toimprovementsin that class of vehicles termed.jump-seat wagons and it consists in certain devices applied to the seatsand the frame of the vehicle, whereby the front seat, when not in use,is turned down and placed under the other seat, which is made to comeforward, and is there locked in its position by the same'device that isemployed in looking both seats when the two are inuse; also, in severalother particular devices, all of which will be more particularlyhereinafter described, and set forth in the claims. 4

' Figures 1 and 2 are side views of the vehicle, showingthe differentpositions of the seats. Figs. 3 and 4 are interior views of Figs. 1 and2, showing the devices used. Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are variousdetails which will be referred to in the general description.

A is the bed or body of the vehicle. B is the rear seat. 0' is the frontand folding seat. 1) is a metal bracket secured in any suitable mannerupon each side of the body,supplying' an independent and stanch base forthe several supports and fastenin gs of the seats B and U, renderingeasy their location within or removal from the body for convenience inpaintin g, upholsterin g, or other processes of manufacture. Saidbrackets serve also, when desired, to stay the posts for top vehicles,as shown by section of the posts a. They may be made plain orornamental, as shown in Fig. 9. The brackets D serve another pu poseofmaking the seats and setting them up in working order independent of thebody they may be intended to occupy. Under the front seat, O,at eachend,isa flange bar, 0, bolted to the seat. At the rear'end of bar 0 is acugved 7 arm, F, pivoted to c, havingtheotherendpivoted to therear'sup'po'rti n g-leg, j,"of the other seat,B, at b. In the verticalfiang'ebfthe bracket D are two notches, d d, and at the end of curvedarm F, below the pivot b, is a tenon,f, to fit into either of thenotches d to aid in looking the arm F in either position.

At f is a projecting pin, which fits into either.

hole 0 e in the edge of the bracket D, which also aids in locking thearm F; in either position. Through the front end of the bar 0 ispivoted, at c, a jointed curved brace, G, the lower end of which ispivoted to the vertical flange of the bracket D at 9. There is one ofthese on each side of the wagon; The front seat, 0, is pivoted at eachend to a standard, H, at h, and around which the seatO revolves whenthrown out of use, and turns over, as represented in Fig. 3. Under thefront seat is placeda spiral spring, 1. (Shown in the sec tion, Fig. 5,and in plan, Fig. 6, Fig. 7 being section on m0 of Fig. 6, showing theclamp to hold the end of the spring, and Fig.8 section on y y of Fig. 6,showing the tighteningscrew.) The rod 1, around which the spring I iscoiled, is secured at each end to the jointed curved brace G andrevolves freely through bar 0 as a pivot, so that when braces G arepulled by the handles 9 g, Fig. 5, the movement of the seat 0, whenbeing folded under the other seat, B, will coil up the spring I, andwhen in this position the curved braces are pulled out of lock thespring I will move the front seat, 0, into place again, and also causeseat B to retreat to the rear by devices now to be described. At eachend of seatB,secured to its under side by screws or bolts, is aplate, J

to which are pivoted the legs '5 and j, which are also pivoted to thevertical flange of the bracket D. At j j are two pins to limit themovement of the legs t and j but if the side pieces, 13', at each end ofthe seat B are properly fitted they will rest firmly on the side rail ofthe wagon and serve the same purpose as the pinsjj. The curved arms F,which are pivoted to the bottom of the rear leg of the seatB, are alsopivoted to the back of thefront seat, 0, and by being thus connected thetwo seats move together,-and when the front seat is unlocked and moved,either by hand or by the recoil of the spring, the rear seat is alsomoved. This arm F also acts as a brace to support seat 0 when in use, asin Fig. 4.

Fig. 10 is an enlarged view of a leg,]'. ofthe rear seat, B, showing thebrace-rod K and curved brace k, and in Fig. 5 these are shown inposition under the seat B. The object of this rod, thus braced. is toconnect these legs jj of the seat to stiffen them against side or otherstrains, and it may be located at any point between the arms, and bemade of any suitable material. This rod K and braces 70 are seen inelevation in Fig. 5 and enlargedin Fig. 10.

I claim- 1. The combination of the pivoted seat 0 with the curved arm F,and jointed curved locking-arm G, substantially as shown and described.1

2. The combination of the leg of the rear seat, curved arm F, andpivoted front seat, 20 substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of the rear seat, the curved arms F, the front seat,and jointed braces and the brackets D D, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

4. The arms F, having the lugs or tenons ff, in combination with thebrackets D I), with the notches 0 d substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

5. The brace-rod K, in combination with the legsjj, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

In testimony whereofI aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

tlOHARD FAWOETT.

Witnesses JOSEPHUS R. GmsHoLM, J. (J. BOONE.

